Friends of Moorfields pledges £1 million for Oriel

Friends of Moorfields pledges £1 million for Oriel

Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital, the charity providing volunteer support and patient experience services at Moorfields Eye Hospital, has pledged £1 million to Moorfields Eye Charity to support Oriel. The pledge will help fund the state-of-the-art centre creating an...
Latest footage from the Oriel site – level two is up!

Latest footage from the Oriel site – level two is up!

Progress continues at pace on the site! This video (approximately two minutes) shows the building emerging from the ground during January – May this year. Over 100 people are working on the site; we expect to reach the highest level of the building, level 10, by the...
Oriel design showcase welcomes over 700 people

Oriel design showcase welcomes over 700 people

In March we held a three-day Oriel design public showcase at the Moorfields and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology education hub on Ebenezer Street to display designs for the new centre for advancing eye health. More than 700 visitors came along to see and feel interior...
Watch new film about the transformative impact of Oriel

Watch new film about the transformative impact of Oriel

Philanthropy is playing a critical role to make Oriel a reality. In a new Moorfields Eye Charity film Moorfields patients give heartfelt testimonies about what the new centre truly means to them, including the story of paediatric patient Khamani, para athlete Chris,...
Digging into records to understand the history of medical care

Digging into records to understand the history of medical care

The Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) has published a blog about its archaeological dig on the Oriel site that sheds light on the people who lived and worked on the site in the 19th century. The blog explains how court records help to tell the stories of the people...